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How does temperature affect the rate of a reaction?  

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Lucy Gillett How does temperature affect the rate of a reaction? What am I trying to find out? In this investigation I am trying to find out if and how temperature affects the rate of reaction between magnesium ribbon and hydrochloric acid. What am I going to do? * I will firstly collect all of the equipment. * I will then put 20cm of acid into the boiling tube. * I will then place the boiling tube into the water bath and allow the water to reach the desired temperature. * I will then place 2cm of magnesium ribbon into the 20cm of 1.0 moldm-3 of acid, as I do this I will start the stop watch. * Once the magnesium has reacted I will then stop the stopwatch and record the time. * I will then repeat this experiment so that I can get an average. * Once I have done that I will repeat the experiment for...

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